853 Results with the "Fiction" genre


    • LETTER–To Theocritus Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Theocritus opens with a quiet reverence for the music of your verse, the kind that lingers like honey on the tongue or like the scent of warm thyme on a sunlit hillside. You wrote not just about shepherds and nymphs, but about a way of life untouched by ambition and marked by simple, golden joys. One wonders if the afterlife, should it exist, ever matched the beauty of your Sicilian days or whether your soul still roams valleys framed by olive trees and distant blue seas. Your lines gave those…
    • LETTER–To Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Sir Walter Scott, Bart begins with a tone that feels both personal and respectful, as the writer draws an image of Scott that is more than just literary—he is described like an old friend, always present in the background of one’s imagination. This connection does not fade with time, for the warmth of Scott’s character, his fairness, and his almost selfless joy in life leave behind an impression that no history book could erase. Whether he had risen to fame or remained a quiet figure…
    • LETTER–To Robert Burns Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Robert Burns begins not with solemn tribute but with the familiar cadence of fondness, both for the man and the myth he became. You were not just Scotland’s poet—you were its pulse, its raw nerve, its laughter after loss. Your name, once printed in Kilmarnock, echoed far beyond the fields of Ayr, finding kinship in places where hearts break and songs rise to meet the pain. When Scots raise a glass in your name, it is not just nostalgia. It is recognition of something unshaped by…
    • LETTER–To Q. Horatius Flaccus Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Q. Horatius Flaccus begins with a quiet, searching tone, reflecting on whether the poet, in whatever place death may have led him, still enjoys the charm of country walks and city wit. The question is gentle, almost rhetorical, asking not for doctrine but for imagination. What becomes of the mind so deeply tuned to beauty, friendship, and moderation? The letter doesn’t aim to solve the mystery of the afterlife—it accepts the uncertainty. Unlike Virgil’s bold journeys into shadowy realms,…
    • LETTER–To Pierre de Ronsard (Prince of Poets) Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Pierre de Ronsard begins with an image not of glory, but of solitude and loss—a poet once crowned by laurels now lying beneath disturbed soil, his tomb dishonored by storms of fanaticism and revolution. The admiration poured into this letter is tempered by the irony that while Ronsard sought a humble resting place by the Loire, shaded by trees and remembered only by his verse, his grave instead bore the brunt of turmoil. Yet, that broken tomb does not mark the end of his legacy. His poetry,…
    • LETTER–To Percy Bysshe Shelley Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley begins with a nod to your lifelong disregard for public approval, a stance rare among poets of your time. You were not driven by fame, nor did you tailor your words for comfort. Yet the irony lies in how the same public you ignored has elevated you after death. You feared your voice might vanish in scorn, but the echo of your verses still vibrates across generations. What once stirred scandal now inspires reverence, and even those who dismissed you grudgingly acknowledge your…
    • LETTER–To Omar Khayyam Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Omar Khayyam opens not with formality, but with a breeze—the kind that stirs rose petals over your resting place, reminding us how you taught the world to notice what fades. These petals, caught mid-fall, echo the very verses that made you unforgettable. You did not plead with eternity or argue for paradise. Instead, you toasted the present with a full cup, choosing laughter over longing. Your words, carved in the wine-drenched air of Persia, still carry the scent of warmed earth and distant…
    • LETTER–To Monsieur de Moliere, Valet de Chambre du Roi Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Monsieur de Molière, Valet de Chambre du Roi opens with a gracious nod to the dual magnificence of French theatre and monarchy, suggesting that your elevation of comedy runs parallel to Louis XIV's refinement of the state. While kings may command armies and build empires, you, through satire and sharp human insight, built a mirror—one that society still cannot ignore. What you did for laughter was not to make it cheap, but to shape it as a tool for reflection, even reform. In your plays,…
    • LETTER–To Master Isaak Walton Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to Master Isaak Walton opens with a warm tribute to the legacy of quiet joy that Walton bestowed through his writings, particularly The Compleat Angler. The author remembers a gentler time, when streams flowed clear and freely through green countryside just outside London. These waters once offered solace to weary minds and provided an equal pleasure to the seasoned sportsman and curious novice alike. Now, with cities creeping outward and smoke blackening the skies, such calm spaces grow fewer. The…
    • LETTER–To M. Chapelain Cover
      by LovelyMay Letter to M. Chapelain begins with a spirited defense of truth against the fanciful exaggerations that often slip into tales of exploration and knightly valor. The writer warns against false accounts, cloaked in noble language, which describe mythical lands with more imagination than honesty. These narratives, filled with dragons, gold-paved cities, and miraculous relics, serve more to entertain than to inform, reflecting a long tradition of exaggeration in both medieval chronicles and modern colonial…
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